AIRLINE COMPETITION IS GOOD NEWS FOR AT&T

The US airlines may be losing a fortune by slashing fares to drum up business, but Ma Bell ain’t complaining: managers at AT&T Co’s Network Operations Centre in Bedminster, New Jersey had to revise their volume records on Saturday following the completion on Friday night of the busiest 11-day calling period in the history of […]

The US airlines may be losing a fortune by slashing fares to drum up business, but Ma Bell ain’t complaining: managers at AT&T Co’s Network Operations Centre in Bedminster, New Jersey had to revise their volume records on Saturday following the completion on Friday night of the busiest 11-day calling period in the history of the company – the AT&T long distance network handled an unprecedented 1,600m calls during the period, about half of which were placed to 800 service numbers and Monday June 1, set the all-time record, with 177.4 calls and five days during the airline fare promotion surpassed the previous record day, December 2, 1991, the Monday after last Thanksgiving, when 157.8m calls were placed; on an average business day, the AT&T Worldwide Intelligent Network handles 135m to 140m calls.